The agility and speed to market that cloud computing offers don't just happen. Systems need to be architected to easily accommodate change.
Even with finops and other monitoring and governance tools, finding cloud's true ROI isn't easy. Start with the metrics of success for your specific situation.
Autoscaling in the cloud can ensure organizations always have resources, but sometimes it's a lazy and expensive decision.
To optimize your multicloud architecture, know what your business specifically needs, and avoid the trap of 'vendor think.'
As enterprises work on their green cred, cloud providers step up to provide more green power. Doing good for the planet also comes with doing well in the market.
It’s a good time to understand how 5G impacts cloud computing. Specific use cases will benefit the most, but for many, it won't make much difference.
As so many enterprises move to multicloud, the debate continues about its validity as an architectural solution, especially regarding complexity and lock-in.
Set up a cloud business office, automate where possible, and provide visibility into your cloud agreements.
New best practices support defining cloud solutions from the outside in to take advantage of the strengths of cloud computing.
Interest is growing in cloud computing’s ability to reduce carbon, but the ‘green cloud’ argument is not as clear as many believe.
As the cost and efficiency of traditional on-premises solutions become more attractive, compare the two options carefully to find the best one.
As edge computing becomes more widespread, many are experiencing unexpected operational challenges.
Data everywhere may be the future of cloud-native and edge computing deployments, but the possibilities come with expense and management issues.
Fine-tune your career satisfaction with positions that offer appreciation, growth opportunities, work flexibility, and money, too.
Governance can save you from bankruptcy after a data breach or keep day-to-day costs from spinning out of control. It pays to understand it.
As we push more data to the cloud, avoidable mistakes are hampering migration. The biggest culprit: messy data with inadequate security and integration.
Instead of tossing money at performance issues, take a second look at how to manage and optimize cloud computing performance.
Enterprise cloud projects pour unnecessary amounts of cash down the drain. Here are a few causes and some tips to avoid waste.
People and culture prevent many businesses from capturing the true value of cloud computing. Transforming organizational culture and revamping KPIs can help.
How does cloud computing factor in to the metaverse? Here are some thoughts before you put on your VR glasses and buy digital real estate.
The term ‘cloud native’ is years old, but we don’t agree on what it means and what value it brings.
Enterprises are looking to VDI to make secure remote work possible, hopefully without sacrificing productivity, cost, and security.
Stressed supply chains cause revenue and productivity issues and disrupt our own lives. Whose supply chains are still working well, and what technology are they using?
Low code and no code can be part of a successful cloud solution, but you need the proper protection mechanisms to guard against inadvertent mistakes.
Cloud computing budgets will hit 51% of IT spending by 2025 and will continue to increase beyond that. It’s time to change how we think about cloud.
Although we've called 'continuous intelligence' by different names in the past few decades, the concept is important. Don't be distracted by the label.
The tech press predicted that edge computing would displace cloud computing, but public cloud powerhouses deliver much of today’s edge computing.
Microservices, cloud services, and general-purpose services are fantastic development tools that sometimes get overused. Here are some signs you’ve gone too far.
Wondering how to make your way through the cloud computing training maze? Here’s how to get the most out of training for the least amount of money and time.
We have enough experience with multicloud that there are no more surprises, right? The ideas that multicloud prevents lock-in, is cheaper, and is more resilient are still out there.
Recent survey data indicates that cloud will push traditional enterprise data centers into extinction. However, extinction events are rarely that simple.
Yesterday we built architectures around static requirements that changed slowly. Today's cloud-based configurations need to quickly adapt to growth and change.
After a small decline in 2021, cloud spending is up again, but perhaps not for the reasons we expected, which are often based on faulty assumptions.
This new trend is an old trend. Industry-specific services are now being offered by the big cloud providers, giving companies more benefits with less risk.
Just getting a cloud deployment to work is no longer the goal. Focus on new metrics and approaches to build and deploy an optimal solution.
The six Rs are a common part of cloud migration plans. However, perhaps it’s time to pay more attention to what each workload specifically needs.
There’s a lot of hype around 5G and how it applies to technologies such as cloud. Together, they have the potential to reshape distributed, complex systems.
Residential construction is ripe for cloud computing disruption. The cloud can play a more significant role as we get closer to automated delivery of housing.
A single answer to technical questions, cheaper security, and skills on demand are the biggest items on the 2022 wish lists.
We need to focus on objectivity when we select technology, recognizing that humans can be easily swayed.
Every December I see obvious forecasts mostly from PR firms. It’s time for some targeted predictions about governance and cloudops as we enter a new year.
A recent outage caused many to speculate that a multicloud could have avoided the impact, but we need to consider a few technology realities (and price tags).
Serverless computing just turned seven. Let’s examine when, where, and what to use it for today.
Cloud architects and hiring managers are shooting themselves in the foot by designing too-complex cloud solutions that need specialized skills.
Costs, complexity, and lack of skills are prompting enterprises to press pause on their move to cloud.
Using the cloud to link widely distributed compute instances as a virtual supercomputer opens new possibilities to those without deep pockets.
With 2022 looking like the year of multicloud, enterprises need a solid plan for multicloud security.
Many traditional enterprises see monetary opportunities to incorporate their market knowledge into new or specialized SaaS applications and data sets.
Containers go beyond the hype to move enterprises forward with cloud-native applications. Abstracting services with them could commoditize public clouds.
It’s hard to get products that require processing chips—from trucks to toasters. Compute and storage servers are pinched, too, but the big providers have protections the little guys don't.
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